Thanks

Every once in a while, my life presents me with a “greeting card moment”.

Greeting card moments are when something so sappy and sentimental takes place that the only way to describe it is with overly dramatic, cursive writing. If it’s a really over-the-top greeting card moment, there will be a flower border with butterflies embossed on the edges. Oh, and maybe a rabbit. Rabbits on greeting cards connote an overflowing sense of schmaltziness. A puppy or kitten work, too. Actually, maybe a puppy or kitten would be better…a rabbit on a greeting card screams Easter. This is fine if you are sending an Easter card. The fact is, I actually prefer blank greeting cards. I like to write my own message because I’m not usually satisfied with the pre-packaged messages that made Hallmark a multi-billion dollar empire.

Greeting card moments are probably lost on people who float through life on a rainbow or people who continuously sing Disney Princess songs. These folks miss the greeting card moments because they live within a perpetual greeting card context. I, however, do not live within a greeting card context. The only times I come close are when I am having a cynical, snarky day. Those days, my life might approach one those sarcastic square-shaped cards…you know…the ones that require extra postage with a vintage photo. What’s with the extra postage, anyway? There are enough of those square cards around these days that the post office should get with the program and update its letter-sorting equipment to accommodate these square-shaped cares. So annoying.

In any case, I had a greeting card moment today. The events and circumstances too personal for public consumption via blog, but suffice it to say, the moment was dripping sentimentality. Sentimentality underpinned with the truest and most authentic sense of gratitude, affection, and—well—sadness I have possibly ever felt.

Should the object of this sentimentality ever happen to read this post, to you I say “thanks”. Words have eluded me both today and the month leading up to today. So, thanks…for helping me become the person I never knew I wanted to be.

Tags: gratitude, Thanksgiving